On The Horizon
ISRAEL DIGEST
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New quarterly Jewish publication makes its debut.
BIRD Funds 13 Projects
STEVE STEIN STAFF WRITER
BIRD, the Israel-United States Weston, HarperCollins Pub-
Binational Industrial Research lishers, Brooktrout Technolo-
and Development Foundation, gy, WR Grace & Co., Wicat
approved $6.5 million as its 50 Systems, Bogen Communica-
percent share of 13 new joint de- tions and Shany.
velopment projects between U.S.
The Israeli partners are
and Israeli company teams.
Tadiran, ECI Telecom, BATM,
The American partners par- CTP Systems, Eco High Tech
ticipating in the new projects Group, IAI-Ramta, Pixel, Shon-
are: California Microwave/ ut, Carmel Biotechnology,
Satellite Transmission Sys- Onyx Technologies, Sogo Elec-
tems, Telematics, Larscom, tronics, Shany Computers and
Harris Corp., Novell, Roy F. DSP Solutions.
I is part Reader's Digest,
part Good Housekeep-
ing, and it's presented
in a "bookazine" format.
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All with a Jewish and in-
ternational flavor.
That's Horizons: The
Jewish Family Journal, a
new quarterly publication
printed in Israel by Targum
Press and distributed in the
United States through an of-
fice in Southfield.
Each issue of Horizons is
expected to contain 144
pages and appeal to the en-
tire family with a broad
range of essays, fiction, fea-
tures, humor, drama, dis-
cussion of contemporary
issues and memoirs.
The premier edition has
tips on child rearing and bar
mitzvahs, recollections of a
trek through Russia, the
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memoirs of a shul president,
fxcerpti itain
plus departments on medicine,
Torah and technology, and
`Horizons': The cover of the first issue.
natural health.
There's also a humorous story
told by an Orthodox Jew about able kosher snacks were acci-
her cross-country train ride from dentally tossed out of a refriger-
Los Angeles to Cleveland which ator by an Amtrak employee
was met by disaster: Her perish- during a stop in Ogden, Utah.
Stewart Weis'
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Ellen Kau Silvers
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Ruchorne Shaln
Nitrtion 1,1•4man
Inroh and Technology
Applebaum
Dixtur's Note by 1)t David
Miriam Matron Spooks
feeling Good Naturally .
Ten Ways to. .Keep Your Cant on a Hot Summer s Day
Bet Mint
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F e st i va I l Fest v ties
Another author tells about
finding an anti-Semitic flier
in a drugstore copy machine,
then discovering its "owner"
was an elderly Jewish man
who copied such diatribes
and sent them to local politi-
cians "to show them we're
not immune to this kind of
thing here in New York."
Other features describe 10
ways to keep cool in the
summer; what to look for
when purchasing a summer
home; and the art of cake
decorating.
"We think it's entertain-
ing reading, all from the
Jewish angle," said Dave
Dombey, who is coordinat-
ing circulation in the Unit-
ed States from his
Southfield office along with
his wife, Fayga.
"It took us about a year
to put out the magazine af-
ter we first decided there
was a need for a family
publication with a Jewish
point of view," said Mr. Dombey,
a Southfield resident who is co-
chairman of the board of direc-
tors of American Friends of Israel
Association of Baseball.
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STEVE STEIN STAFF WRITER
Here's the official program for
the Detroit-Windsor Interna
tional Freedom Festival:
Detroit River at Hart Plaza and
Dieppe Park, 6 p.m. Detroit
leads the series 5-3.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield, the
Blue Care Network and Target
Stores. The "Hands Across the
JUNE 18 — "Carnevale in
JUNE 23 —Les Portes Tour-
Venice" opening-night gala pre- nantes, a Canadian film, will be
sented by the Big Apple Circus shown free at the Detroit Insti-
to benefit the Freedom Festival. tute of Arts auditorium, 7 p.m.
Barbeque at 5:30 p.m. and cur-
JUNE 25 U.S. and Cana-
taM at 7 p.m. at Meadowbrook
on the campus of Oak.land Uni- dian Coast Guard whaler boat
versity in Rochester. Call 923- race, 11 a.m.; search and rescue
demonstrations, noon; tug boat
7400.
World" celebration will be held
along Woodward between War-
ren and Kirby, 9:30 a.m. to 3:30
m. Call 577-5088.
11
29 —WDIV-TVs "Su-
perjU
STger Contest," featuring
five of Detroit's top vocalists, 9
p.m.
JUNE 29 Fireworks dis-
play along the Detroit and
Canadian banks of the Detroit
River, 10 p.m.
JULY 4 —• More than 300
new. United States citizens will
take part in a swearing-in cer
emony at liart Plaza, 10:30 a.m,
JULY :4 -- Closing cere-
monies at Dieppe Park, 8:30
p.m.
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JUNE 19-28 — Eighteen
performances of the Big Apple
Circus at lVfeadovvbrook.,One
ring under a seven-story big-top
tent. Call 923-8259.
JUNE 22 — Opening cere-
monies at Dieppe Park in Wind-
sor, 5 p.m.
JUNE 23 -- "Tug Across the
River' tug-of-war featuring 24-
man teains on each side of the
race, 1 p.m., on the Detroit Riv-
er.
JUNE 25 26
American
and Canadian equestrian car
riage teams will compete in pre-
sentation, dressage, cones,
marathon and obstacle games
at Win-A-Gin and Walkabout
Farms in Metamora, 8 a.m. to
5 p.m. Call 664-8666.
JUNE 29 -- The 15th annu-
al Children's Day sponsored by
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Israel No. 7 In R&D Spending
Israel's expenditure on civilian
research and development
(R&D) was NIS 3.6 billion in
1992, ranking the country sev-
enth among the 24 industrial-
ized Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development
(OECD) countries, the Central
Bureau of Statistics reported.
Israel's R&D spending as a
percentage of the Gross Do-
mestic Product (GDP) matched
that of England at 2.2 percent.
Japan was No. 1 at 3.1 percent.
R&D expenditures in Israel
surpassed those of Holland,
Finland, Norway, Belgium,
Denmark, Italy, Canada, Ice-
land, Spain, Ireland and
Greece.
Has Market Bottomed Out?
The Israel stock exchange is ex- nor of the Bank of Israel in the
periencing a downturn, but it early 1980s.
looks like it has reached its low-
He said the economy contin-
est point, Kivun chairman ues to grow despite a standstill
Moshe Mandelbaum said at a in the construction industry
news conference to introduce a and public companies have re-
new closed flexible mutual ported a growth in business.
fund. The fund, Nahshon, will "We may have been overly
issue certificates limited to MS optimistic at the start of the
100 million. year, but in general the econ-
"The chances that the mar- omy is in a good position," Mr.
ket will rise are greater than Mandelbaum said. "There are
those that it will fall," said Mr. many companies traded at at-
Mandelbaum, who was gover- tractive prices."
Factories Fear Independent Economy
Some 30 percent of Israeli fac-
tories in the North fear they
will be adversely affected with-
in three years of the establish-
ment of an independent
economy throughout the ter-
ritories, according to a survey
of 151 manufacturers released
by the local branch of the Man-
ufacturers Association.
Five percent feared they
would close at a cost of approx-
imately 4,000 jobs. The survey
also showed that 71 percent of
the firms are making plans to
sell goods to the autonomous ar-
eas because Palestinian officials
recently declared that they do
not intend to encourage the de-
velopment of joint ventures with
Israeli companies.
Immigrants Looking for Work
Immigrant unemployment in
Israel was nearly double the na-
tional average at 14 percent dur-
ing the first quarter of the year,
the Central Bureau of Statistics
reported.
However, immigrants regis-
tered a higher participation rate
in the workforce than natives.
While 55 percent of work-age
immigrants participated in the
workforce, only 53.4 percent of
the general work-age population
did so. A third of working im-
migrants were employed in in-
dustry, 20 percent in public and
community services, 14 percent
in trade, food and hotel services,
11 percent in personal services
and 7 percent in construction.